Motor-vehicle.



No, 777,548. PATENTED DEC. 13, 1904. SCHMDT.

MUTOR VEHGLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 29, 1904.

'No MODEL. 2sHEETs-sHEET 1.

No. 777,548. PATENTED DEC. 13, 1904. O. SCHMIDT.

MOTOR VEHICLE.

APPLIGATION FILED APR.29.19U4,

NO MODEL. 2 SHEETS-SHBET 2.

UNITED STATES VIRGINIA.

Patented December 13, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

THE PACKARD N, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF WEST MOTOR-VEHICLEV SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 777,548, dated December 13, 1904.

Original application led June 22, 1903, Serial No. 162,632. Divided and this application filed April Z9, 1904. Serial No. 205,594. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, t Wray concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES ScI-IMIDT, a citi- 4zen of France, residing in the city of Detroit, county of Wayne, and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Motor-Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in frames or running-gear for motor-ve- IO hicles, and particularly to an improved means for supporting' the rear wheels and brake-actuating parts of such a vehicle.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the rear end of a motor-vehi f5 cle frame having the present improvements applied thereto. Fig'. 2 is a side elevation, partly in section, on the line B B of Fig. 1. Figs. 3, 4L, and .5 are detail views on an enlarged scale, Fig. 3 being' a section on the line 2o A A of Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawings, inA the several ig'ures of which like referencecharacters designate corresponding parts, the side bars of the frame of the vehicle are designated by the reference character 1.

D designatcssuitable brackets or castings, each including a bearing 3 for a rear wheel f1 of the vehicle. Said brackets are also pro vided with suitable sockets to receivebracerods 6, which act to stifien the rear axle and serve as supports for the equalizing-gear case 7. Brakebands 8 are supported by arms 9, rising from the brackets D, and are suitably connected with forwardly extending' 3 5 rods 10. The rear springs 1l of the vehicle are supported by plates 12 on said castings or brackets.

To the frame-bars 1, in advance of the brackets D, are attached brackets C, which support 40 the forward ends of the springs 11, the brakeshaft 14, and to which the rear-axle bracerods 20 are connected. Each of said' brackets C supports a clevis 15,V to which the forward end of one of the springs 11 is attached, and below the point of attachment of the clevis tothe bracket is formed an extended bearing 16 for the brake-shaft 141. This shaft extends across thcframc and is provided at its ends Wi th arms 18, to which the forward ends of the rods 10 are secured. By means of a suitable 50 power device (conventionally illustrated at 19) the said brake-shaft". 14 can be rocked to apply or release the brakes. as desired. It will be seen that the shaft 141 serves to strengthen and stiil'en the brackets C, which 55 brackets support a considerable part of the weight of the machine. The brace-rods 20, connecting said brackets C D, prevent any fore-and-aft movement of the rear axle.

The present application is a division of my application, Serial No. 162,632, filed June 22, 1903, and no claim is herein made to any of the features illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically described and claimed in said earlier application.

Having thus described the invention and without intending to limit the claims to exactly the embodiment of the invention illustratcd, what is claimed is l 1. 1namotor-vehicle, thecombination with 70 the frame, the rear axle, and the rear springs, of a pair of brackets D each comprising a bearing for a rear wheel, a brake-supporting arm, a spring-supporting plate, and means for engaging' the ln'ace-rods for the rearaxle. 75

Q. lnamotor-\f'el'1icle, the combination with the frame, the rear axle, and therearsprings, of a pair of brackets I) each comprising1 a bearing' for a rear wheel, a brake-supporting arm, a spring-supporting plate, sockets for re- S0 ceiving brace-rods for the rear axle, and a clcvis for receiving' a longitudinal brace.

3. In a motor-vehicle, the combination with the frame, the rear springs, the rear longitudinal brace, and the brake, of a pair of side brackets C, cach bracket comprising a support for a si'n'ing-cievis, a beai'ing'for the brake-shaft, and a connection for the longitudinal brace.

4;. Inamotor-vchicle, the combination with 9C the frame, of a transverse brake-shaft, brackets secured to the frame and having'elongated bearings for said shaft, springs supported on to tliis specification in the presence of two subthe1 rear axle and connected t0 said biatclets,1 scribing Witnesses. anc longitudinal braces eonneetec to sail 1 v. brackets and to tlie rear axle7 tlie said biale- CHARLES SQHMDT 5 shaft serving to stiften and strengthen said Vitnesses:

brackets. RUSSELL HUFF, IntestimonywhereofIhavesigneclmyname 1 HENRY B. JOY. 

